he has also campaigned on economic reform, but as john holman reports only one group of people seem toaping the rewards. >> reporter: welcome to mexico's senate where wealth is unashamedly on show. a new political year is kicking off. but the game remains the same. >> translator: the problem is mexico politics is about getting rich, and the gap between the poor and politicians widens. we're part of a system that's fundamentally corrupt. >> reporter: mexican senators earn more with extras and bonuses than their country parts in the u.k., france, spain, and almost as much as the u.s. but while those salaries bare some relation to their country's minimum wage, mexican senators make 170 times more than those living on the bread line like the people in sidewalk city. the people here are in a desperate position, but they are not alone. almost half of mexicans live in poverty, and that is a number that has been going up in recent years. lunch is left over fish from a market. it's all she can afford. what she makes in a year, a senator earns in two weeks. >> translator: it's like from here to

as we heard john holman say, had a case has shaken the country. here we are a year later nobody's been convicted no clear answer he. where does this investigation stand? >> that's a great question. actually it's the kind of question that all the mexicans are doing. i mean, the reality is, that at this point the way things are, whatever investigation, whatever result that the government's investigation can be presented, is going to be questioned from the beginning. ably those who citi size the government's investigation. the truth is on the one hand, whatever evidence there is, has been so manipulated, whatever information there is, has become more opinion than fact. and at this point in time, one year later, i do not think that we are closer to the truth nor the government nor the fathers. >> because of what you're saying, the families are calling for an internationally supervised investigation because of the way the government has handled this entire incident. do you think that will happen? >> no. no, first, because it is very difficult for any m

john holman reports. >> reporter: taking back what is theres, tree by tree.e here in southwest mexico are attempting to repair the damage to their forests, caused by illegal loggers. shifts of 200 people plant trees supplied by the federal government. a few years ago if they entered the forest the armed gangs would be waiting. this mans survived an ambush, i which two of his friends were killed. >> reporter: four years ago the people here took matters into their own hands. they attacked the loggers trucks, forced out the gunmen and local government officials accused of protecting them. the sound of chain saws echoed across this forest, until the people wrestled back control. but there is still a long way to go to repairing all of the damage. >> reporter: the town has formed squads of forest guards to keep away loggers who destroyed over half of the forests over the years. some of the trucks captured from the loggers have been turned into sculptures strung up in the woods, a clear sign of the community's resolve, and the unique warning. >> translator: these tr

let's get the latest from john holman who is live for us in mexico city.ly this has been a huge shock for mexico. tell us what the latest is on their arrival. >> reporter: well, as you say they were wheeled off of the presidential plane, these injured mexicans, they were suffering. the health minister then said from respiratory problems, broken bones and burns, but she said their condition was delicate, but stable, and then after that the mexican foreign minister got on with again, demanding of the egyptian government a thorough investigation on this. she said that not just mexico but also the world was hurt and indeg nant about what she described as an unprecedented and unjustifiable attack. this is a real freak occurrence but one that has the mexican government on the offensive and angry with egypt abu hammam al-shami what happened. >> translator: on thursday a diplomatic note wasn't sent in which we demanded that the egyptian government guarantees that the victims and their families receive compensation for the damage. and to keep the mexican government

john holman sent this report. >> reporter: taking back what is theirs. tree by tree.ple here in southwest mexico are attempting to repair the damage to their forest, caused by illegal loggers. shifts of 200 people plant trees supplied by the federal government. it's a big change, a few years ago if they evenen entered the forest the armed gangs would be waiting. this mansur -- survived an ambush. >> their death made us continue to fight for our territory. >> reporter: four years ago, the people here took matters into their own hands. they attacked the loggers' trucks, forced out though gunmen and local officials accused of protecting them. the sounds of chain saws echoed across this forrest, until the people took back control. there is still a long way to go to repairing all of the damage. the town has formed squads of forest guards to keep away the loggers. >> translator: this is has all been destroyed. they cut down these trees three months ago. >> reporter: some of the trucks captured have been turned into sculptures strung up in the woods. >> translator: these tru

john holman al jazeera, mexico city. >>> thousands of soldiers from gulf nations have arrived in yemen to train antihouthi fighters. the united arab emirates say there are more than 5,000 troops operating in the country. the saudi led group began bombing in march after the houthis began taking over the country. >>> rockets fired into southern israel. one of those hit a parked bus in the town of steros. now he's known for not holding back when it comes to expressing his opinion but as the race for the u.s. presidential nomination heats up republican donald trump is facing fierce comments after not what he said but what he didn't say. kimberly halkett has the story. >> muslims, you know our current president is one. he isn't even an american. we have training camps where they want to kill us. that is my question. when can we get at him. >> we're going to be looking at a lot of things, a lot of people are saying bad things are happening and we'll be looking at that and plenty of other things. >> antimuslim slogans were painted on a mosque in kentucky. and a student was arrested and accuse

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. >> u.s. president barack obama and his cuban counterpart raul castro have spoken on the phone ahead of the pope's visit. new rules will take effect on monday simplifying rules for tourism and money transfers. the pope is scheduled to arrive for a four day visit. lucia newman has the story. >> the celestial sound of an orchestra and choir. revolutionary icon chche icon c. this has been the third visit of a pope to cuba, considering the relatively small number of catholics in this cub. but cuba's size is in inverse proportion to its importance in laboring. the argentine pope clearly wants to play a role, he wants to meet with farc rebel leaders while in havana. >> this papal visit while pass trapastoral also that is a clear political context. >> reporter: secret talks led to the historic retraitio restof political ties. >> his visit will help convince the americans to lift the economic embargo against cuba once and for all. the pope will talk to the president of the united states. >> but will t

john holman has more from mexico city. >> lopez, the man that was arrested could be a key part in what happened to 43 students abducted last september in mexico. they were kidnapped and turned over to a gang. lopez was part of that canning and his former accomplice and the head of the gang testified that he is the person that ordered the killing and the burning of the students. that's the official version of what happened. a group of inparties. they released a 500 page report. one of the findings was they said it was scientifically impossible that an open fire could have burnt 43 students, to the fact they were unidentifiable. it will be interesting if the testimony of lopez becomes at any point public, and if he can three light on what happened that nights and to those students. >> controversial security is being debated in a session of the upper house of parliament. thursday, there were chaotic scenes as oppositional makers tried to prevent the vote. later they passed through a committee that had to be voted an. allowing soldiers to be deployed for the first time. israel's prime mini

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city >>> and i will be bringing you news we are hearing from the interiorr's press conference in beirut in lebanon and interior minister is speaking there and just said any future sentence will be dispersed from the first moment from force if necessary and a strong warning with protesters following yesterday's environment ministry and this is a strong warning from the government it will not tolerate future sit-ins from the protesters in beirut. south african university is being accused of racism because students say they use africans and it's linked to apartheid and as tonya page reports near cape town university managers have been summoned before parliament to explain themselves. >> reporter: protesting students filled the university central square, it's in south africa heart land, and it was viewed by many as the language of the op oppressed and used to be the language of instruction here and english and africa are supposed to be on equal footing but they favor africa. >> it's not just teaching and learning tool, the language of the communication tool but

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. >>> pakistani taliban attack on an air force base.stormed the compound in the northern city of peshawar. the government launched a campaign after the pakistani taliban after it killed more than 150 people at a school in the city nearly a year ago. >>> nepal is finally getting a new constitution. let's take olook at the events that led to this riesh. in late 2007, parliament approved the decision to abolish the monarchy and part of the peace deal. a new constitution had to be written. years of discussions and delays followed, with the other political parties unable to agree on a definitive constitution. finally in november 2013, nepal held an election for an assembly to wry new constitution but was deadlocked as no major party won. the earthquake devastation forced their politicians to get the constitution written once and for all. >> worked as a made mountain middle east for nine years to educate her son but things fell apart last year. an experience so horrible it's difficult to talk about. she says she was raped by a gang of men in

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. >>> you can find all of our stories and the latest updates on our website, there it is on your screen. aljazeera.com. >>> we want justice and we want it now! >> protesters return to baltimore streets as six police officers face a judge in the death of freddie gray. >>> federal agents s.w.a.t. teams and dozens of dogs are searching for three suspects in the killing of a police officer. >>> and kim davis remains defiant refusing to issue marriage certificates. now her lawyer tells al jazeera, davis is being to go to jail. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm steph. protesters are out in baltimore this morning as six police officers face a judge in the freddie gray case. small demonstrations are going on outside of the courthouse. the officers are there for a pretrial hearing. gray died while in police custody in april. police say they are prepared for any possible unrest today. adam may is live in baltimore. good morning. have protests thus far been peaceful, and what are protesters telling you about why they are there? >> rep

the government in exchange for her gift, the only thing on her mind was turning on her new t.v., john holman, al jazeera mexico city. >>> everything we are covering right here on al jazeera.com. >> this is where i'll be buried. >> right next to her. >> mmmhmm. >> six years ago, roy bosley's wife, carol, died after overdosing on prescription painkillers. she was 60. >> it should have never happened. >> in what's being called a 'hidden epidemic' a growing number of elderly americans are dying after taking too many narcotics. >> when you remember her, how do you think about her? do you think about her as the woman you married? >> i think about the woman i married and the fun we had. and i also am caused to pause about the times that weren't so great. and i try to put those in the far corners of my mind. >> when she was on all the painkillers? >> yep. the far corners of my mind. she was between the ottoman and the floor. i couldn't see her face. so i rolled her over. >> and her pills were? >> her pills were on top of the ottoman. i grabbed the telephone. i started doing cardiac massage, called 9

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. >>> you can find all of our stories and the latest updates on our, there it is on your screen. aljazeera.com. >>> we want justice and we want it now! >> protesters return to baltimore streets as six police officers face a judge in the death of freddie gray. >>> federal agents s.w.a.t. teams and dozens of dogs are searching for three suspects in the killing of a police officer. >>> and kim davis remains defiant refusing to issue

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. >>> the hundreds of colombians protested in the border city toeople deporting, being deported from neighboring venezuela. the venezuela president madura shot border crossing and got hid of 1100 in resent weeks to cut down on cross border crime. to moldova and protesters want to know what happened to more than a billion dollars missing from banks and represents about 8% of the country's budget. the former soviet republic is one of the poorest countries in eastern europe and we reports this is the first time so many moldovians have come out against corruption. >> five words being chanted we want the billion back, as taxpayers they have footed the bill for the missing cash, now as protesters they made it clear who they think is to blame. >> translator: corruption, corruption is the main thing we want to get rid of the mafia. >> translator: those guilty people who lied should return the money, should return the money from the savings bank. >> reporter: the accused are members of the government, the judiciary as well as influential people, the latter

the government in exchange for her gift, the only thing on her mind was turning on her new t.v., john holmanra mexico city. >>> everything we are covering right here on al jazeera.com. >> this is where i'll be buried. >> right next to her. >> mmmhmm. >> six years ago, roy bosley's wife, carol, died after overdosing on prescription painkillers. she was 60. >> it should have never happened. >> in what's being called a de

on wednesday and students went missing in september last year after a protest in the state and john holmanexico city. >> reporter: lopez the man who has been arrested could be a key part in the puzzle of finding out what happened to 43 students who were abducted last september in mexico, they were kidnapped by the police and apparently turned over to a gang and lopez was part of that gang and his former accomplice and head of the gang behind bars testified that he is the person who ordered the killing and then the burning of those students in a municipal rubbish dump and that is the official version of what happened but since then just over a week ago a group of independent experts released an over 500 page report and one of their findings was they said that it was scientifically impossible that an open fire in that rubbish dump could have burned those 43 students almost to the fact they were unidentifiable and it will be interest if the testimony of lopez becomes at any point public and if he can throw any light on exactly what did happen that night and to those students. >>> mozambique d

elements and mexican president condemned attack on twitter describing it as a tragic incident and john holmanfrom mexico. >> reporter: it's like sunday here so there have been no government officials actually coming out to speak about this but there have been statements on special twitter of the mexican president and he said he was demanding a thorough investigation from egyptian authorities over what has happened here and he has also said he is adding to the diplomatic personality to attend to people that have been injured in this and he has to come out and say those two things the reality is not much of the diplomatic relationship between egypt and mexico and what there is a positive trading and the repercussions of this, what seems to be a tragic accident more than anything don't at this stage appear to be something that is going to imagine fee in the coming weeks. >>> one of the manmade wonders of the world is slowly disintegrated, 30% of the great wall of china no longer exists because of exposure to elements and tourists chipping away an ancient souvenir and we went to northern china to

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. >> hundreds of colombians have protests in the border city to supporteople deported from venezuela. the venezuelan president nicolÁs maduro deported 100,000 colombians in recent weeks. here's what is coming up. we'll have the sports news and we'll tell you about the latest from euro basketball. tony parker has been running circles around his opponent. back in a moment. >> welcome to the news hour on al jazeera. we have updates on all of the sports news. >> prince al hussein has give the strongest indication that he will stand for the fifa presidency again. sepp blatter is to step down from football's top job early next year. he said that blatter should be held responsible for any wrongdoing in fifa, bu blatter has decided to quit the job with fifa, who is the subject of two criminal investigations. >> what i'll say for you right now is that just stay tuned. >> that sounds like yes. >> stay tuned. >> german can move a step forward to secure a spot when they face scotland. the top group by two points but they have not had the smoothies qualifying campaign

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. >> the fall agenda is expected to bring out a passion on capitol hill. coming up, the issues facing congress in our week ahead segment. and later, saying farewell to a civil rights icon. >> the murder rate was sky high. >> this guy was the biggest in l.a. >> i was goin' through a million dollars worth of drugs every day - i liked it. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences... and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> it is sunday night and time to look at the week ahead. congress returns from its summer recess on tuesday. it has a long list on its agenda to tackles. a possible government shutdown the iran nuclear deal and here is lisa stark. >> there is every expectation that congress will pass a measure of disapproval of the iran nuclear deal but president obama has said he will veto that and he has enough democrats in the senate to make sure his veto is not overridden. >> make sure we can put iran years away from being a th

as john holman reports, a community in mexico is trying to save its tries, by combatting illegal logging, one sap lipping at a time. >> reporter: taking back what is theirs, tree by tree. the people here in south-west mexico are attempting to repair the damage to their forest, caused by illegal loggers. shifts of 200 people plant trees semied by the federal government. it's a big change. a few years ago they entered the forests. armed gangs would be waiting. a man who survived an ambush in which two of his friends were shot dead. >> their deaths made us continue to fight for our territory, to stop the armed group taking away what belongs to us. >> four years ago the people took matters into their own hands, attacking the loggers trucks, forcing out the gunman and local government officials they accused of protecting them. sounds of chains echoed until the people wrestles back control from the groups illegally logging here. there's a long way to go to repair all the damage. the town formed squads of guards to keep away loggers who destroyed half of the community's logging. >> translation:

john holman has been following that hearing in mexico city. >> the biggest point from the investigation has to do with the fact that the mex can government is trying to draw a line under this event, the disappearance of 53 students, saying they have been killed and bodies burnt. the independent court came out and said basically that that categorically is not true, that it is not scientifically possible that in the open air, in the time, the hours available to the people to do this, the bodies could have been burnt so badly that not any part of d.n.a. evidence was left over. it's huge in terms of the investigation. it throws open again. who knows where the students are, or what became of them. the other point made was something touched on before. they made it clear that not just the police, but the mexican federal forces were present in the hours - the four hours in which the students were attacked by local police, and did nothing. they didn't intervene, they knew what was happening at the time >>> still ahead in the newshour... ..why the rejection of what is in the box means a set back

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. >>> coming up, in just a little while stenson is closer to takingnship and we will have the details in sport. ♪ of the hospital >> is a crime that's under reported... >> what do you think... >> we're making history right now... >> al jazeera america ♪ all right, it's time for the sports and here is farrah. >>> tennis one reached his 26th consecutive grand slam quarter final but it wasn't easy, he swept through the first set against spain. top seed dropped the second set, his first of this tournament. but eventually closed out the match in four sets, 6-3, and 6-3, the final score and face the 18th seed lopez. >> should have done better, 4-2, second set, but credit to him for fighting, for making me work on it was a very physical match so i will play over three hours and glad i managed through to stay. >> reporter: defending men's champion taken to four sets of france and suffering with an ankle injury during the match and also through to the quarter. serena williams taken a set to winning all four grand slam titles this year and set up a u.s. open qu

john holman has more. >> reporter: it's bin a year since police abducted the sons of these mexicans and handed them over to a gang. 43 young men, all student teachers, were taken in a night that horrified mexico. their parents are still looking for them. their search has taken them across mexico to south america and the united states. many have given up their jobs like klee meant clemente rodriguez. >> translator: i can't sleep. i'm always thinking about him. i've always said he's alive, and as a parent that's how i feel in my heart. >> reporter: the kidnapping ignited mass protests in grief and anger after years of bloodsh bloodshed. more than 25,000 people have gone missing in mexico but it's this case and mothers and fathers behind me that shook the country and helped to bring international attention to the rest of the disappeared here. as the anniversary of the tragedy looms, the barnt barnts bust in to meelt the president for the second time. he promises to create a new special prosecutors for the somehows of missing. >> translator: the president closed the meeting by saying we're

john holman, al jazeera, mexico. >>> to south africa where abandon mines around the largest city thesburg are making people sick and we report from one community that is just meters from a dump site. >> reporter: she says her lungs are failing her. she relies on a machine for oxygen for 16 hours a day to keep her alive. >> very difficult because we can't go anywhere at all. anywhere you have to go you have to take the machine with. this is my life for the rest of my life i have to deal with the machine and sometimes i cannot get out of bed. >> reporter: the dust from neighboring mine dumps in johanesburg made her and others sick and created the largest gold and uranium basin in the world flooded by acid mine drainage and created 300 residue governments containing uranium which is toxic and radioactive. >> they are killing us with the scent and we are uncomfortable and hoping somebody can do something for us because we have not got a mouth to speak for ourselves and nobody to represent us. >> reporter: this is a poor community with a high number of unemployed people and limited medica

john holman with al jazeera, mexico city. >>> still to come for you on the al jazeera news hour, fromne to space suits and capsules and an exhibition charts russia's incredible achievements in space. also. >>> i'm lee welding of the home of england rugby where one of the biggest sporting events the rubgy world cup is about to get underway. ♪ ♪ welcome back with al jazeera, time now for your sport. >> thank you very much, mary ann and just a day away from the start of the 8th edition of the rugby world cup and host england will take on figi on friday as lee weldings reports. >> reporter: the rugby players welcome the court palace nearly 200 years after an english school boy picked up an futbol ran with it and invented a sport. one of 20 teams who will be running with the oval ball as it returned to england for the 8th world cup and popularity is still growing. >> we are now looking at something like over 2.3 million tickets sold and it's going to be the biggest world cup ever and looking at half a million people coming from overseas and anticipated audience is about four billion and a

john holman has more from mexico. >> it's late sunday here so there have been no government officialsming out to speak about this but there have been statements and special twitter and mexican president was demanding a thorough investigation of egyptian authorities over what has happened here and he also said that he is adding to the diplomatic and personality to tend to the people who have been injured in this. he has to come out and say those two things, the reality is there isn't much of a diplomatic relationship between egypt and mexico. what there is it's positive trading and cultural thing so the repercussions of this of what seems to be a tragic sort of accident more than anything don't at this stage appear to be something that is going to magnify in the coming weeks. >>> time for the weather now with everton and we have news of a tropical storm heading towards vietnam. >> that's right, last week we had six tropical systems in the globe and now we have a weak one and one heading to vietnam and winds of 65 kilometers per hour and gusting significantly higher than that, the winds

john holjohn holman, mexico city. troops remains contentious. >> no osprey! >> and, in a culture resistant to change, how one woman is blazing new trails. >> in the future, i hope to see mixed race people commonly accepted. >> journey to japan. >> i'm roxana saberi in hiroshima. a city known to many through history books and images seared into our collective memory. when the u.s. dropped atomic bombs here and on nagasaki 70 years ago, it led to the quick end of a long war. for people here and across the world, things would never be the same. we traveled here to japan to learn about the legacy of those fateful days and to look at america's continuing influence on these islands. we begin here in hiroshima and our conversations with two survivors of the atomic bomb. >> it was a bright day with a blue sky, hot and humid like today. what a nice day! >> setsuko nakamura thurlow was 13 when the enola gay dropped an atomic bomb on her hometown of hiroshima, japan. thurlow saw a bluish-white flash, and the walls around her came crashing down. >> and then i had the sen